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Gdog96

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  1. Which cooler are you using? I used to get that error (although no BSOD) with my arctic cooling freezer 7 pro because the RPM was low, but the fan was still working how it should have been.
  2. I don't think 3 6870s in crossfire is even possible, due to the fact that there is only 1 crossfire connector.
  3. So I want to flash a new bios but I have a couple of questions. I downloaded the bios and extracted it to a memory stick. I have two files there now, an 'F18' file called 'Z77D3H.F18' and an application called 'Efiflash'. I'm assuming that when I click to Q flash in the bios, I choose the application? This is my first time doing this so yeaah... I did watch Linus' video where he flashed a bios onto his G1 sniper, so I have a rough idea of what to do, but some help would be appreciated....thanks.
  4. I'd never heard that before...that will come in useful...thanks :)
  5. Yup, I upgraded the ram to see if that was the problem, to no avail unfortunately. I used to have a sound card also, so I used those drivers and it still persisted.
  6. Thanks guys, now I just have to shell out on a GPU waterblock..
  7. Thanks Rico, so far so good with the updated drivers, I haven't had a freeze yet, lets hope I don't jinx myself... EDIT: Lol guess what just happened....Imma try and flash the bios later to see if that fixes it.
  8. Hi guys. This is actually two questions. Firstly, is a 360 radiator, similiar thickness to that of a H100, enough to cool an I5 3570K and a GTX 660 non ti adequately? I don't know the fin density as my uncle gave it to me and I don't know the make and model. Right now, I have it cooling my 3570k only, with 3 Corsair SP120 quiet editions in pull, and temperatures are fine, rarely rises above 50 degrees on 100% load. So yeah, do you reckon it will be able to handle my GPU aswell? Secondly, I need advice on how to clean my radiator. When I recieved it, it was absolutely clogged with dust, as in you couldnt even see through it, and it had about 1cm of dust on top of that. I managed to clean it so that you can now see through it, but nearly every fin has a reasonable layer of hard dust on it, which surely will affect temperatures and slow down heat transfer? I ended up building my loop with the radiator like this because I couldn't be bothered to clean it completely, but when I next take apart my loop I want to do this. Whilst in my case, I tried using an old toothbrush (carefully though as I didn't want to bend the fins) and even a fine, stiff paint brush, but even with this, the fins would bend before the dust would come off. I don't have any compressed air, but seeing the amount of force needed to remove the dust and that fact that the metal fins will bend before the dust comes off, will compressed air work? I will buy it if you guys think it will. Thanks guys.
  9. Ok I'll be sure to do that soon. I don't think it is the audio drivers because I used to have a sound card so I used the Asus drivers for that, and the problem still occurred. And yeah I know, I should have downloaded the latest motherboard drivers but I was eager to use the PC when I first built it and have never got round to doing it since. I'll follow this thread up when I have done this. EDIT: I have updated to all of the latest drivers, so I'm going to wait to see if it freezes again, and if it does, I will flash the latest BIOS. Turns out I'm using a year old BIOS lol
  10. Thanks for the replies guys. This may sound stupid but what is realtek again? It rings a bell but its pretty late here and I'm pretty tired.....lol. (Lame excuse aye?)
  11. Hi guys, first real post here (excluding a post for the competition!) so hi, how's everyone. On to my problem... Ever since I built my PC I have had this annoying freezing problem that I couldn't be bothered to sort out until now. My computer will kind of stutter, as if the screen has gone down to 1 frame per second, then it will freeze all together and more often than not it will emit a loud buzzing noise from my speakers until I am forced to do a hard reset. My PC specs are as follows: CPU: I5 3570K Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77 D3H GPU: Gigabyte GTX 660 non ti version Ram: Crucial Ballistix 8gb DDR3 1333 mhz Power supply: Some random OCZ 500 watt. Case: NZXT Switch 810 Now, I know it isn't the cooling that's the problem, I have 3 case fans and 3 SP 120s in pull on a 360 radiator in a custom water cooling loop, that only cools my CPU, my GPU is air cooled with the stock gigabyte cooler. When I first noticed the problem I was using stock cooling and have changed the cooling method a few times since then and the problem has persisted. All temps are fine too. Also, since I noticed the problem, I have changed the ram, GPU, primary SSD, secondary HDD, re installed windows twice and re installed all drivers twice (all are latest except motherboard drivers, it will take ages to download them with my internets) It seems to happen randomly, sometimes it won't happen for a few weeks, sometimes it will happen multiple times in one day, and it seems to only happen when I am doing something on the internet like loading a youtube video or downloading something. I can play demanding games for long periods of time and it will be fine. I have had enough with this problem and hope someone on here can help? Thanks guys.
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